Former star baseball pitcher Roger Clemens cannot use the attorney-client privilege to keep communications with his public relations team and agents out of a defamation suit brought by his one-time trainer, a federal judge has ruled.
Eastern District Magistrate Judge Cheryl Pollak (See Profile) said trainer Brian McNamee has a right to emails and other communications as he presses his claim that Clemens launched a coordinated smear campaign to discredit McNamee after he made claims that he injected Clemens with illegal performance enhancing drugs.
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